dally vs temporize

dally

verb
  • To delay unnecessarily; to while away. 

  • To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle. 

  • To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal 

  • To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet 

noun
  • Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping. 

temporize

verb
  • To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes so that a compromise can be reached or simply to make a conversation more temperate; to stall for time. 

  • To apply a temporary piece of dental work that will later be removed. 

  • To discuss, to negotiate; to reach a compromise. 

How often have the words dally and temporize occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )